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Regime helicopter 'crashes in Syria' Syria regime helicopter 'crashes in rebel-held Idlib'
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Syrian regime helicopter crashes in Idlib province, with four crew captured and one killed, monitors say A Syrian government helicopter has crashed in a rebel-held area in the country's north-west, activists say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The helicopter went down in Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib province, an area held by opposition fighters, including those from al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Four crew members were captured, while a fifth was killed, the watchdog said.
Syria's civil war, which began four years ago, has killed more than 200,000 Syrians and displaced 11 million.
The helicopter was forced to carry out an "emergency landing due to technical failure" near the northern town of Maarat al-Numan, the UK-based observatory said.
There were at least six crew members on board, and the fate of the sixth member is unknown, it added.
Syrian state television confirmed that an army helicopter made an emergency landing in north-west Syria, and said a search for the crew members was underway, Reuters reported.
Pictures and video posted online appeared to show a large blue helicopter, damaged and lying on its side, on a rocky field.